Oklahoma populism
Subtitle: a history of the People's Party in the Oklahoma Territory
By: by Worth Robert Miller.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: People's Party (Okla.) -- History.; Populism -- Oklahoma -- History.; Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- To 1907.
Description: This is the first full-length study of the People's party in Oklahoma, closely examines the origins, character, accomplishments, and demise of the party that, even more than the Socialist party, constituted a major electoral force in Oklahoma's early history. The author's extensive research provide the basis for lively and detailed accounts of territorial politics and local debates on major national issues of the day. He traces the origins of the Oklahoma People's party to the south-Kansas egalitarian movements of the 1880s and substantiates the Populist's claim that their movement transcended sectionalism (always an important factor in Oklahoma) and posed a major threat to mainstream-party control of the territorial government. -- from Book Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 219-243.
Includes index.